After our trip to Northumberland we headed down to Bolton
for some family time. I managed to get to Pennington Flash a Country Park
between Leigh and Wigan. I spent most of the time in the Bunting Hide at the
feeding station and got excellent views of a water rail. Having left
the camera in the house the water rail photos were taken with an iPod, hence
the poor quality, but it is a water rail. There were up to 8 moorhens around
the feeders and suddenly I am looking at this bird and saying to myself, “Hang
on, that’s not a moorhen?” A quick look
with the binoculars and I realised there is a water rail wandering round the
area. Watched it for a good five minutes and it was one of the best views I
have ever had. Normally you only see them when the frozen conditions push them
into the open.
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| General view |
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| That's not a moorhen |
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| That's a water rail |
As well as the rail I had good views of GSW, stock dove and bullfinch.
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| About 2 metres from the hide |
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| One of eight stock doves |
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| GSW on the bottom of the nut feeder (should really get a better camera) |
I managed 39 species in just under two hours but only added the water rail to the 2016 list. All this as well as hearing a
tawny owl from the bedroom window about 0430
2016 list
116 Tawny owl
117 Water rail
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